The role of assertiveness in portfolio risk and financial risk tolerance among married couples

John Gilliam; Mayukh Dass; Dorothy Bagwell Durband; Vickie Hampton

The role of assertiveness in portfolio risk and financial risk tolerance among married couples

John Gilliam, Mayukh Dass, Dorothy Bagwell Durband, Vickie Hampton

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Abstract

The financial risk tolerance of married couples was examined in order to determine if assertiveness impacted their financial decisions. Education, gender, asset ownership, relative income, and the wife's cohort were considered to ascertain the possible influence of these factors on a couple's assertiveness. Data were obtained from 110 couples using the Path 6 Profile and the Couples' Risk Tolerance Questionnaire. Although asset ownership and the wife's cohort affected the couple's assertiveness, assertiveness itself did not notably impact their combined financial or portfolio risk tolerance. However, wife's assertiveness did show a positive correlation with couple's mean age and a negative correlation with husband's income. Implications include communication strategies for couples when the wife was born between 1946 - 1967, has earned an advanced degree, and has had significant financial contribution to the family.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-67
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning
Volume	21
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Assertiveness
Financial planning
Financial risk tolerance
Investment risk
Survey of Consumer Finances

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Gilliam, J., Dass, M., Durband, D. B., & Hampton, V. (2010). The role of assertiveness in portfolio risk and financial risk tolerance among married couples. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 21(1), 53-67.

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